Public bug reported:
I suspect this is a bug in the kernel. Bug report initated from
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424306, but they rejected it
saying it's most likely a driver problem.
There seems to be a problem for nm to interpret the signal strength of my NIC
(which is a zydas chipset). Interestingly enough, iwconfig reports the signal
strength correctly, but nm-applet shows all the networks at 100%.
I will attach a screenshot that explains a lot better than I do.
Steps to reproduce:
plug in a zydas-based network card
Actual results:
100% signal quality displayed on all networks
Expected results:
see 100% for 380 and 76% for "default"
Other information:
$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 0ace:1211 ZyDAS 802.11b/g USB2 WiFi
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
zd1211rw 52868 0
$ uname -r
2.6.20-13-generic
note: this also happens on Gutsy Tribe 1
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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zydas wireless cards report 100% quality signal
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120622
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